These activities allow students to model how environmental scientists compare diversity in different ecosystems by using ordinary playing cards as ‘species’ to generate data to calculate Simpson’s Diversity Index. This can be completed in a single lesson. Some students find the concept of species diversity quite...

Two worksheet based activities that can be used to identify the impacts of technology upon people to sustain their communities in the future. The first activity considers the economic impact upon sustainability with key questions to research and the second task is an analysis activity looking at cultural, economic...

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Identify abiotic and biotic components of an ecosystem.
• Recognise that there are different environmental conditions in different ecosystems, and this affects what lives there....

In this STEMNET resource, maths teacher Ed Dyke describes a STEM project undertaken by his school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, called Rocket Day. The project was funded by the York and North Yorkshire Business and Education Partnership (NYBEP). Also involved was STEM Ambassador Clive Bell, who has worked for the...

A series of resources produced by Eden Project. The lessons include:

• Darkness dwellers
• Learning with leaves
• Minibeast trackers

These MEI Online resources are suitable for use by students studying Edexcel Further Pure Mathematics 1 (FP1).

There are detailed study notes for complex numbers, Powerpoint presentations to demonstrate techniques for factorising polynomials, demonstrations of the Argand diagram, topic related tests and...

This resource contains a set of Mathematics GCSE Foundation level examination papers in the style of the 2012-16 EDEXCEL examinations. Each paper is worth 100 marks. The marking guides look very similar to the actual EDEXCEL GCSE mark schemes. There are clear suggestions how method, accuracy and quality of written...

This resource contains a set of three Mathematics GCSE Foundation level examination papers in the style of the 2012-16 EDEXCEL modular examinations. The marking guides look very similar to the actual EDEXCEL GCSE mark schemes. There are clear suggestions how method, accuracy and quality of written communication...

This resource contains a set of Mathematics GCSE Higher level examination papers in the style of the 2012-16 EDEXCEL examinations. Each paper is worth 100 marks. The marking guides look very similar to the actual EDEXCEL GCSE mark schemes. There are clear suggestions how method, accuracy and quality of written...

This resource contains a set of three Mathematics GCSE Higher level examination papers in the style of the 2012-16 EDEXCEL modular examinations. The marking guides look very similar to the actual EDEXCEL GCSE mark schemes. There are clear suggestions how method, accuracy and Quality of Written Communication marks...

In this lesson, students will learn about the properties of the different types of meteorites. They will then use this knowledge to make their own edible analogue of a chondrite meteorite to test their understanding. This lesson can be used as a general introduction to meteorites prior to obtaining the loan box....

In this activity, students will learn about the three main types of Earth rocks and make edible analogues to help explain how they form. They will then use the ideas from this activity to investigate and suggest what some of the samples in the meteorite hunters boxes might be.

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